Tornado Watch 182

Issued

Apr 24, 2007, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)

Expired

Apr 25, 2007, 4:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

Largest hail expected

1 in

Strongest gust expected

70 kt

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Two or more tornadoes

40%

One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes

20%

Ten or more severe wind reports

50%

One or more gusts of 65 knots or more

50%

Ten or more severe hail reports

30%

One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more

5%

Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports

80%

• Mesoscale Discussion 569Apr 24, 6:44 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 570Apr 24, 7:33 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 573Apr 24, 10:07 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 575Apr 24, 11:58 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 577Apr 25, 1:14 AM CDT

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WWUS20 KWNS 250336
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SPC WW 250336
ARZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-250900-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 182
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1035 PM CDT TUE APR 24 2007

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS
       EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
       CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST TEXAS

EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM 1035 PM
UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF TEXARKANA
ARKANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF TEMPLE TEXAS.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 176. WATCH NUMBER 176 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
1035 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 180...WW 181...

DISCUSSION...SERIES OF SVR TSTMS -- INCLUDING A FEW BOW ECHOES --
WILL PROCEED EWD ACROSS N-CENTRAL/NERN TX...MCCURTAIN COUNTY OK AND
SWRN AR WITH PRIMARY THREAT BEING SVR GUSTS.  IN ADDITION TO WIND
THREAT...VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW TORNADIC
MESOVORTICES OCCURRING WITH BOWS/LEWPS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25040.


...EDWARDS

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2007Tornado Watches in Arkansas, 2007Every tornado watch in 2007

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.